Number fours and fives
Here's another entry for lovers of lists and old records. I've been gradually working through the records that made it into my personal top ten that I listed every week between 1960 and 1965. This time, I'm listing the discs that made it to a highest position of numbers four and five. There's some crap here, particularly in the early years when my taste was still a bit dodgy, but it gets better and most of it is pretty good - from a time when there was some truly great music around.
1960: He'll Have To Go - Jim Reeves; Someone Else's Baby - Adam Faith; Shazam - Duane Eddy; Baby My Heart - Crickets; Happy Go Lucky Me - Paul Evans; You'll Never Know What You're Missing - Emile Ford; Another Sleepless Night - Eddie Hickey; Jellied Eels - Joe Brown; Everybody's Somebody's Fool - Connie Francis; Question - Lloyd Price; Let's Think About Living - Bob Luman; Yogi - Ivy Three; Somebody To Love - Bobby Darin; Why Why Bye Bye - Bob Luman.
1961: Let's Jump The Broomstick - Brenda Lee; Doncha Know - Crickets; Pepe - Duane Eddy; Piltdown Rides Again - Piltdown Men; What To Do - Buddy Holly; Happy Days - Marv Johnson; Wooden Heart - Elvis Presley; Goodnight Mrs Flintstone - Piltdown Men; Lazy River - Bobby Darin; Have A Drink On Me - Lonnie Donegan; I'll Step Down - Garry Mills; Weekend - Eddie Cochran; High Voltage - Johnny & the Hurricanes; I Say Love - Jimmy Jones; I'm Comin' On Back To You - Jackie Wilson; How Many Tears - Bobby Vee; Quarter To Three - US Bonds; Dum Dum - Brenda Lee; Tell Me Why - Belmonts; Don't Bet Money Honey - Linda Scott; Sweet Little You - Neil Sedaka; Tribute To Buddy Holly - Mike Berry; Ever Loving - Ricky Nelson; September In The Rain - Dinah Washington; Joy Joy Joy - Little Richard; Johnny Will - Pat Boone; Happy Times - Tony Orlando;.
1962: He's Old Enough To Know Better - Crickets; Farewell Farewell - Johnny & the Hurricanes; Twist Around The Clock - Clay Cole; Twistin' All Night Long - Danny & the Juniors; Talkin' About You - Tony Orlando; A Matter Of Moments - Mark Dinning; I Know - Barbara George (pictured top); A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody - Piltdown Men; Speak To Me Pretty - Brenda Lee; Twist Twist Senora - US Bonds; Sing - Jackie Wilson; Shout - Joey Dee; I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles; The Stripper - David Rose; Dancin' Party - Chubby Checker; Vacation - Connie Francis; Little Diane - Dion; If A Man Answers - Bobby Darin; Swiss Maid - Del Shannon; No One Can Make My Sunshine Smile - Everly Brothers; Warmed Over Kisses - Brian Hyland; The Cha Cha Cha - Bobby Rydell; Baby Face - Bobby Darin; Return To Sender - Elvis Presley; Under Your Spell Again - Lloyd Price.
1963: Some Kinda Fun - Chris Montez; Beautiful Dreamer - Tony Orlando; Walk Right In - Rooftop Singers; Ruby Baby - Dion; That's Life - Gabriel & the Angels; Alice In Wonderful - Neil Sedaka; He's Got The Power - Exciters; Walk Like A Man - Four Seasons; Let's Stomp - Bobby Comstock; Teenage Letter - Jerry Lee Lewis; There Goes My Heart Again - Fats Domino; The Bird's The Word - Rivingtons; Not Too Young To Get Married - Bob B Soxx & the Blue Jean; Monkey Time - Major Lance; Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison; I'll Take You Home - Drifters; Honolulu Lulu - Jan & Dean; I'm Leaving It Up To You - Dale & Grace; 24 Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney.
1964: When The Boy's Happy - Four Pennies (pictured - aka the Chiffons); Tonight You're Gonna Fall In Love With Me - Shirelles; Abigail Beecher - Freddie Cannon; That Girl Belongs To Yesterday - Gene Pitney; Hoochie Coochie Man - Dion; Ain't That Lovin' You Baby - Everly Brothers; Suspicion - Terry Stafford; Dead Man's Curve - Jan & Dean; Mona - Bo Diddley; Black Night - Arthur Alexander; Every Little Bit Hurts - Brenda Holloway; What's The Matter With You Baby - Mary Wells & Marvin Gaye; Dissatisfied Woman - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee; C'mon And Swim - Bobby Freeman; Little Old Lady From Pasadena - Jan & Dean; Out Of Sight - James Brown; Baby Love - Supremes; He's In Town - Tokens; Don't Turn Your Back On me - Jackie DeShannon; Big Man In Town - Four Seasons; Getting Mighty Crowded - Betty Everett.
1965: Twine Time - Alvin Cash & the Crawlers; Baby Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Nina Simone; Hurt So Bad - Little Anthony & the Imperials; It's Growing - Temptations; Got To Get You Off My Mind - Solomon Burke; The Clapping Song - Shirley Ellis (pictured right); Why Don't You Do Right - Fats Domino; Something You Got - Maxine Brown & Chuck Jackson; I've Been Loving You Too Long - Otis Redding; I Put A Spell On You - Nina Simone; No Pity In The Naked City - Jackie Wilson; Cry No More - Ben E King; These Hands - Bobby Bland; Everything's Gonna Be All Right - Willie Mitchell.
2 Comments:
A bit late in responding to this! Some great songs and a few surprises... I didn't imagine David Rose's instrumental was your thing at all! And also wasn't sure about Dale and Grace, but then that song might be warped for me as the first version I heard of was by Donny and Marie Osmond. Yeuch! Daniel x
I'm Leaving It Up To You was actually one of the great numbers of swamp pop. Shame it was ruined by the Osmonds!
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